Hispanic American brothers José Gaspar and Eligio Manzanares stand in the snow on the side of a hill probably near San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Jose wears a cap, shirt and jeans and smokes a pipe. Eligio wears a shirt, jacket and pants and holds his hat in his hand.

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Content derived from inventory prepared by Dana EchoHawk.; From inventory: "José Gaspar and Eligio Manzanares, brothers, were born in San Luis, Colorado in the late 1890s. In their younger days, both men herded and sheared sheep. Jose begin working in the Roundhouse of the Union Pacific Railroad in Rawlins, Wyoming in 1943." (Hispanic Pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico, Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, p. 100).; Scan of photograph from: Hispanic pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico / Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, 2006. Source: Bertha Gallegos.; Scanned image from loaned collection.; Title from inventory.; Digitization sponsored by the Library Services and Technology Act and the Center for Colorado & the West at Auraria Library.; R7001520833